esgrevio
Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perhaps from Latin scabridus, from scaber (“rough”).[1] With the meaning "outstanding", because of blend with Latin egregius.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]esgrevio (feminine esgrevia, masculine plural esgrevios, feminine plural esgrevias)
- rough; steep
- Synonym: áspero
- harsh
- Synonym: áspero
- harsh, severe
- Synonym: áspero
- (literary) grave, serious
- (literary) outstanding
References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esgrevio”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “esgrevio”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega